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Monday, January 2, 2023

No More Lower Arcs

 In the previous post "Looking For P4?" dated 02 Dec 2023, the arc P1+P2+2 is not excluded from providing a q.  This q=1, and P3=P1+P2+22=P1+P2.

And there is no need for full lower arcs, just long enough to provide the first integer marking.

This is how arc P1+P22 provides a possible solution always,


as P1+P2+2 is always even with P1 and P2 being prime and P1+P22 is short by four integer lengths.  Therefore, two marking (one on each portion) on arc P1+P22, will accommodate a line through it that intersect another integer marking on arc P1+P2+2.

Possibly,

P4=P12,     P3=P2+2

or

P4=P1+2,     P3=P22

when the radial intersects arc P1+P2+2 and recovers 4 integer units in total.